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    ALTANA Reports 1H 2020 Results

    Sales decreased by nearly 7% from the previous year due to the coronavirus; EBITDA margin declined slightly at a high level.

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    After a positive start to the year, in the first half of 2020 ALTANA recorded an overall sales decline of nearly 7% to €1,078 million in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

    This was primarily due to the strong decrease in demand in various industrial areas, above all the automotive sector. By contrast, consumer-related business segments such as PVC-free seals for conserved foods continued their growth trend.

    Adjusted for acquisition and exchange-rate effects, sales fell by 9% in total. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) reached €202 million , also almost 9% below the previous year’s figure. Owing to countermeasures, ALTANA was able to keep the EBITDA margin with 18.7% (previous year: 19.2%) at a high level in the first six months of 2020.

    In spite of the economic slowdown, in the first half of 2020 the Group increased its re-search and development expenditure by 3% compared to the same period last year. With a share of sales of almost 8% right now, ALTANA continues to invest above-average amounts in innovations, for example in the future digital printing market.

    For instance, ALTANA's internal startup ACTEGA Metal Print acquired its first beta cus-tomers and a sales partner for a novel technology that achieves decorative metallic effects with significantly less material, costs, and production time than the processes that have been commonly used thus far.

    “Our longstanding customer proximity, our innovative and financial strength, and our decentralized structure are important success factors enabling us to safeguard our op-erating business even in this period,” says ALTANA CEO Martin Babilas. "Our top pri-ority was to protect the health of ALTANA employees worldwide. At the same time, we not only managed to maintain our ability to supply our customers and provide them with service, but also to continue to invest in the future in a targeted manner.”

    On Course for Climate Neutrality in 2025

    ALTANA already implemented the conversion to a CO2-neutral power supply planned for 2020 in March of this year. As a result, the company is on course for climate neu-trality by 2025, a goal ALTANA announced at the beginning of the year.

    Business Divisions: ACTEGA Continues to Grow

    The company’s largest division, BYK, reported a 6% decline in sales to €504 million. Adjusted for acquisition and exchange-rate effects, sales were 9% below the previous year’s level. ECKART generated sales of €155 million, corresponding to a sales de-crease of 16% (operating sales 17%). ELANTAS, a supplier of electrical insulation ma-terials, achieved sales of €219 million, 12% down on the previous year’s figure in both nominal and operating terms.

    ACTEGA continued its growth in the first half of 2020. Sales increased by 9% to €200 million. The acquisition of the Swiss company Schmid Rhyner AG, in particular, had a positive effect. Even when adjusted for acquisition and exchange-rate effects, ACTEGA recorded slight growth of 1% due to the continued good demand from con-sumer-related customer industries.

    As of mid-2020 (June 30), ALTANA employed 6,544 people worldwide, 108 more than on June 30, 2019.

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